The coastline on Tasmania's north-west is so windy that the white-capped waves push massive clumps of seaweed onto the rocky beach.
Victor Ralph — a pakana, or Tasmanian Aboriginal, ranger — is on his hands and knees as he dusts sand off a large piece of sandstone, uncovering the faint remains of a circle that has been carved into the rock by his ancestors.
"These petroglyphs have probably been around for longer than 40,000 years," he says.
The ancient rock carvings are priceless to Tasmania's Aboriginal community, but someone has stolen one.
It is an unsolved crime that Australian Federal Police (AFP) have investigated all the way to the USA.
A meticulously executed crime
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